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Table 2 Effect of the natural triterpenes 16 on NO production on RAW 264.7 macrophages

From: Anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects of six pentacyclic triterpenes isolated from the Mexican copal resin of Bursera copallifera

Compound

NOa

IC50 (μM)

3-epilupeol formiate (1)

43.31 ± 2.60

α-amyrin acetate (2)

22.57 ± 1.19

3-epilupeol acetate (3)

31.13 ± 1.25

Lupenone (4)

20.80 ± 1.07

3-epilupeol (5)

15.50 ± 1.14

α-amyrin (6)

8.98 ± 1.73

Indomethacin (83.8°μM)

54.69 ± 10.34

  1. aData represent the means ± SD (n = 3). Values are an average of three independent experiments performed in triplicate (p < 0.001)